Wordpress vs Webflow — Platform Benchmark

52.5

Wordpress

240 sites

54.4

Webflow

19 sites

WINNER

Score Summary

Avg AI Readability

63.7 57.5

Avg Security

27.0 50.9

Avg Efficiency

57.4 54.7

Avg Total Score

52.5 54.4

Avg Structure

63.2 64.5

Avg Load Complexity

52.9 50.2

Avg Lighthouse

55.8 48.9

Best Site Score

83.9 66.4

Worst Site Score

28.4 31.6

Wordpress Webflow

Performance by Industry

Average total score for each platform within shared industries.

Industry	Wordpress	Webflow
Architecture	48.3 19 sites	65.2 1 sites
Content Creation	55.0 3 sites	51.3 3 sites
Corporate-personal	53.0 25 sites	63.1 2 sites
Design	51.5 11 sites	56.6 2 sites
Film & Video	64.7 1 sites	—
Photography	52.8 181 sites	52.3 11 sites

Comparison Insights

Overall Verdict

Both platforms perform at a very similar level - the 1.9-point gap is within the margin of normal variation.

Dimension Edge

Wordpress leads in: AI Readability, Efficiency, Load Complexity, Lighthouse. Webflow leads in: Security. Wordpress has a broader performance advantage across dimensions.

Opportunities for improvement

Wordpress could target Security to close the gap.
Webflow could target AI Readability, Efficiency, Load Complexity, Lighthouse to improve.

Industry-by-Industry Results

Webflow wins in 3 of 6 shared industries - its overall lead holds across verticals.

Sample Size Consideration

Wordpress has 12.6× more audited sites than Webflow. Larger samples surface more variation and may pull averages toward the mean, so this comparison should be read with that in mind.